For a very long time (considering I've been meaning to be published for about 16 years now), I had been told by industry professionals and experts that self-publishing your work meant you would never be traditionally published. Self-publishing got you blacklisted, is how it came across. It wasn't until just a few years ago, while attending one of the RT Booklover's conventions, that I learned this was no longer the case. You could actually be a "hybrid author", as they called themselves, and ... View Post